Al Nabaa

1 Of what do they ask one another?

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Whereof do they question one another ?

2 About the great event,

2 (It is) of the awful tidings,

3 About which they differ?

3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.

4 Nay! they shall soon come to know

4 Nay, but they will come to know!

5 Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.

5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!

6 Have We not made the earth an even expanse?

6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,

7 And the mountains as projections (thereon)?

7 And the high hills bulwarks ?

8 And We created you in pairs,

8 And We have created you in pairs,

9 And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),

9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,

10 And We made the night to be a covering,

10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,

11 And We made the day for seeking livelihood.

11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.

12 And We made above you seven strong ones,

12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),

13 And We made a shining lamp,

13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,

14 And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,

14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,

15 That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,

15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,

16 And gardens dense and luxuriant.

16 And gardens of thick foliage.

17 Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:

17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,

18 The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,

18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,

19 And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,

19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,

20 And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.

20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

21 Surely hell lies in wait,

21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,

22 A place of resort for the inordinate,

22 A home for the rebellious.

23 Living therein for ages.

23 They will abide therein for ages.

24 They shall not taste therein cool nor drink

24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink

25 But boiling and intensely cold water,

25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:

26 Requital corresponding.

26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).

27 Surely they feared not the account,

27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;

28 And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).

28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

29 And We have recorded everything in a book,

29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.

30 So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.

30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.

31 Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,

31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -

32 Gardens and vineyards,

32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,

33 And voluptuous women of equal age;

33 And maidens for companions,

34 And a pure cup.

34 And a full cup.

35 They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.

35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -

36 A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:

36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -

37 The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.

37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.

38 The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.

38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.

39 That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.

39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.

40 Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!

40 Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"